Tag: health
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Slow & Steady – Part 1 – Form Follows Function: How balanced movement protects your body and improves your health
When performing resistance exercises, it’s important to attend to three factors: form, load, and pace. In this first of three posts, I use the biceps complex to analyze form.
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Pathogenicity & Violence: Don’t worry about getting ebolavirus. Worry about why it’s spreading…
Ebola, a deadly virus thought to originate from bats, spreads through contact with infected body fluids, with strains like Bundibugyo and Zaire affecting humans. Regional conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo exacerbate the outbreak by destabilizing healthcare and sanitation. Addressing these crises requires international intervention and public health awareness to prevent further devastation.
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Pain, Motion, Strength: The three phases of physiotherapy
It was my third or fourth clinical experience in Missouri State University’s Doctorate of Physical Therapy program. The location was an Apex outpatient clinic in Monett, MO. My clinical instructor was laid back and practical. One of the most memorable things he taught me was to troubleshoot a person’s physical dysfunction in an oversimplified three-phase…
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